v.
- take off or away from the position occupied.
▸abolish or get rid of.
▸dismiss from a post.
▸
(remove to)
dated relocate to (another place).
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(be removed)
be very different from.
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[as adj. removed]
separated by a particular number of steps of descent:
his second cousin once removed.
n.
- a degree of remoteness or separation.
- a form or division in some British schools.
Derivative
- removability n.
- removable adj.
- remover n.
Etymology
ME: from the OFr. stem remov-, from L. removere, from re- ‘back’ + movere ‘to move’.